Walking-cane



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G. H. GOURSEN.

WALKING UANE. No. 391,123. Patented Oct. 16, 1888'.

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GEORGE HAMPTON COURSEN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WALKING-CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391.123, dated @ctober 16, 1888.

Application filed June 28, 1888. Serial No. 278.397.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAMPTON COUR- SEN, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Cigarette- Oane,ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in cigarettecanes, and has for its object to provide a means whereby cigarettes and matches may be safely and conveniently contained and carried in an ordinary walking-stick.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical central section through a cane fitted up in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line a: a: of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the combined match-receptacle and cigarettecarrier.

In carrying out the invention the cane consists of two detachable sectionsnamely, a body-section, 10, and the head-section 11. The connection between the said body-section and the headsection is preferably effected through the medium of two metal rings, 12 and 13. The upper ring, 12, is attached to the head and interiorly threaded, and the lower ring, 13, is attached to the upper portion of the body and exteriorly threaded in such manner that when the two rings are screwed together their outer faces will be flush with each other and also, preferably,with the main body of the cane, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

If the cane is large enough,a portion of the wood will be left within the lower ring, 13, extending to the top thereof, as best shown in Fig. 1 at 14; but in a cane of small diameter the ring attached to the body is made of a greater length than that illustrated and the wood portion 14 is omitted.

The head 15 of the cane may be of any shape or material desired, and where the end thereof connects with the body an interior recess, 16, is preferably produced.

In the lower portion or body of the cane a (No model.)

longitudinal hole, 17, is bored large enough to contain a cylindrical match-box, 18, which matchbox is preferably constructed of metal. The said bore 17, commencing at the top of the body,is carried downward alength almost equal to the length of the match-box employed. A second bore, 19, is made to prolong the upper bore, 17 the latter bore being carried downward to within any desired distance of the ferrule and made to flare outward at the top where it connects with the upper bore, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

To the match-box l8,at one side and bottom, a perpendicular strip or bar of metal, 20, or a wire, is attached. The bar 20 is preferably of a length equal to the length of the bore 19, and at intervals a series of spring-clamps, 21, are attached to the said bar 20 below the matchbox, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

The metallic clips or clamps are curved inward at each side of the bar 20 to form a little more than a semi-circle, and the said clips or clamps are intended to receive and effectually hold the cigarettes, as illustrated in Fig.1,and the said clips or clamps are so placed that when each of the clips contains a cigarette the end of one cigarette will essentially abut the end of the following cigarette.

WVhen the match-box and cigarette carrier have been inserted in the cane, the top of the match-box, which may be made to open in any desired or approved manner, projects above the body of the cane and into the recess 16 of the head when said head is attached to the said body, the purpose of this projection being to facilitate grasping of the match-box by the fingers to remove the cigarette carrier when the head is detached.

In order that the device may be readily manipulated, it is important that the sides of the body-bore 19 be smooth, to effect which, if the material of the cane cannot be made smooth by the ordinary means, a thin metallic tube or lining, 22, may be inserted. The taper is given to the upper end of the body-bore in order that the cigarettes may pass freely down into said bore without coming in contact with the sides thereof. This arrangement will retain the cigarettes firmly in position no mat ter how few or 110w many may be in the case, and by raising the rod out of the cane by means of the match-box as a handle a cigarette may be most conveniently taken from any one of the clips or clamps.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,iis

1. The combination, with ahollow walkingcane provided with a removable head, of a rod or bar adapted to be placed in said cane and essentially semicircular clips attached to said rod' adapted to hold cigarettes, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a hollow Walkingcane provided with a removable head, of a cylindrical match-box, a rod or bar secured to said match-box, and essentially semicircular-spaced clips attached to said rod or bar,

adapted to hold cigarettes, substantially as shown and described, whereby the rod is held removably in the cane, and the match-box constituting the handle for said rod, as set forth. 3. The combination, with a hollow Walkingcane having an interior metal lining and provided with a removable head, of a rod adapted to be held in said cane, carrying a series of essentially semicircular clips, and a match-box attached to the upper end of said rod constituting a handle therefor, all combined to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE HAMPTON COURSEN.

Witnesses:

JAMES D. OASWELL,

V W. HERBERT OAsWELL. 

